Job Title: Administrative Coordinator
PVN ID: LA-1612-001539
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: LAGUARDIA C. C.

Job Description

General Description

General Description:

LaGuardia Community College’s Adult Basic Skills department in the Division of Adult and Continuing Education is seeking an Administrative Coordinator for its non-credit High School Equivalency (HSE) and Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs. The Coordinator will work under the supervision of the Director of Adult Basic Skills (ABS) and the Executive Director of Adult Community Learning. The Adult Basic Skills department is a grant-funded and tuition-based, non-credit, high school equivalency preparation program that prepares students to earn a High School Equivalency diploma and to achieve their college and career goals.

Other Duties

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Coordinate all recruitment and outreach activities targeting non-credit, high school equivalency adult clients.
  • Conduct intake and orientation sessions and manage the administration of initial assessments for prospective students.
  • Collect and maintain funder-mandated demographics and data on incoming participants.
  • Determine appropriate class placement in coordination with departmental staff and faculty.
  • Create and maintain class rosters and student attendance information in conjunction with faculty.
  • Manage required data entry into databases including SQL and ASISTS; maintain student files.
  • Organize and schedule post assessments (e.g.: TABE, TASC Readiness).
  • Coordinate TASC test center applications and appointments.
  • Maintain current program information and marketing materials for dissemination and websites; respond to staff, student, and applicant inquiries.
  • Manage mandated reporting of milestones and performance outcomes to funders and stakeholders.
  • Identify students with academic, attendance, behavioral, and/or personal barriers affecting performance and attendance from information supplied by faculty and attendance records to refer for counseling.
  • Serve as a liaison with LaGuardia’s Career Development Center for transitioning students completing CUNY applications.
  • Other duties as necessary.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications/Skills

  • Bachelor’s Degree required.
  • Three (3) years of related experience working in adult education or a non-profit social services field.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite software and experience using databases for client tracking; familiarity with New York State Education ASISTS database a plus.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
  • Ability to work with a diverse adult student population, inlcuding English language learners.
  • Bilingual language skills a plus, Spanish preferred.
  • Familiarity with adult education assessments (e.g.: TABE and TASC) a plus.
  • This position requires some evening hours.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Adult and Continuing Education
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$38,000.00 - $40,000.00
Closing Date
Jan 18, 2017 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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